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Chimayo

Chimayo proper noun: a census-designated place in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico, United States.

Proper noun

Chimayo

  1. A census-designated place in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico, United States.
  2. A valley in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, United States.

Forms of Chimayo

alternative formChimayó

Origin of Chimayo

Borrowed from Spanish Chimayó, itself from Tewa Tsi Mayoh, one of four hills above the valley that the Tewa consider sacred. https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/american_latino_heritage/El_Santuario_de_Chimayo.html Compare Spanish chimayó.

Words formed from Chimayo

  • Chimayo cocktail
  • Chimayó cocktail
  • Chimayo pepper
  • Chimayó pepper

Questions about Chimayo

What does Chimayo mean?
Chimayo means a census-designated place in Rio Arriba and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico, United States.
What part of speech is Chimayo?
Chimayo is a proper noun.

Words near Chimayo in the dictionary

  1. Chimarikos
  2. chimarrogale
  3. chimarrogales
  4. Chimas
  5. Chimay
  6. Chimayo
  7. Chimayó
  8. chimb
  9. Chimbarongo
  10. chimbley
  11. chimbleys

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